Patient H.M. : a story of memory, madness, and family secrets
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New York : Random House, [2016].
ISBN
9780812992731, 0812992733
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Published
New York : Random House, [2016].
Format
Book
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xv, 440 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 25 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9780812992731, 0812992733

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Includes index.
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"In the late 1930s, in asylums and hospitals across America, a group of renowned neurosurgeons worked to develop and refine a new class of brain operation--the lobotomy--that they hoped would eradicate everything from schizophrenia to homosexuality... The most important test subject to emerge from this largely untold chapter was a 27-year-old factory worker named Henry Molaison... Journalist Luke Dittrich uses his case as a starting point for a kaleidoscopic journey, from the first recorded brain surgeries in ancient Egypt to the cutting-edge laboratories of MIT... It is also, at times, a deeply personal journey: Dittrich's grandfather was the brilliant, morally complex surgeon who operated on Molaison-- and thousands of other patients..."--From dust jacket.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Dittrich, L. (2016). Patient H.M.: a story of memory, madness, and family secrets (First edition.). Random House.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Dittrich, Luke. 2016. Patient H.M.: A Story of Memory, Madness, and Family Secrets. Random House.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Dittrich, Luke. Patient H.M.: A Story of Memory, Madness, and Family Secrets Random House, 2016.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Dittrich, Luke. Patient H.M.: A Story of Memory, Madness, and Family Secrets First edition., Random House, 2016.

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